Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-25

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ca. D s0ne msanA which have neRef
besn sxpiainsds 0api. HaaA ildneed
THa Ezsan naDznzns
u. ~. and y. A. % 20 on hIs banas FOR
ne taiiht1l pezterAnnas o. TIE con-
altIau1 of he eonfr4c8, uhfoh we're %
carry shs mails from Olympia 10 Port
EoWnGend and return twica eaeh Waek.
As soon 80 0ap3afn Mazh esoafed fhfs
eoBtEaet be oommeneed tie ounstruc-
ton q Q side-wheel eaeamboai az
Priests Point. beiow Oiympla, ard easl-
ed heF TIE Aida. Before he zoe her
nlted up bis meuoY gave out. a8 I'D A.
% Nig credit. anA hn tnKne1 nSeFrahoas
4N6 eonlraEs NSst q hIs han |sm&h. L
y Szaff $ o1Re uBge& = he SOUND
/ and took the man4aamont Of Che bua.-
ness. He had she Aida towed % &C.
aitls. whsge her machinerF and boilers
| were pas Il. ard her cabins built. 60
1 thai Hhe was ready 10 oommenaa fha
| performances Of hef uaii oo1iEast On
/ ne Hfsl day Of Juiy, 1870. L. n HlHeF
ImoFed b V.olQEia a11et that tina, hat
took ne active i1terH1t In the hue nass.
"A. szknR vas 1nrxznzx
To Seattle. and always showed Il n Id
e@4t5t<t 1AII@I4 "a JIG &L11z M|L1M
he REALIZED lhet Seattle Has he NaIucai
thai e would only be good business pol
10y 90 treat fairly ana properiy ne eom-
muni9y from which he expeete6 khe
greater arn0unk 81 patronans. This
tkiendship ~ showed In many waR@.
He he'd The steamers repaired hsre,
bgnehs supplies fdR the various steamers
and When 8 new nleamboak vas required
be had she George II. Starr built at this
port. TIE result vas that cur people
appreciated the friendly spirit shown,
and worked for the interest Of The oom-
pany. UnfoFtunately for Seattle and
The Whole S0nnd country, Capt. i. A.
Starr died. and his brother, The lats 4.
"a. starr, took lhe management az the
comp4uY's nHaifs, VIII ozp1~ onzE g.
Clancy a. nrai heutenant. This was IN
1850. u the meantirns tks oompany
had
ADDED 10 xHK1 RLMnz
The Annie EsaWart, North Paalaa,
Otter. Isabel and George Z. Starr. TIE
company Ct that time had ths business
Of tue Sound wall 10 hand. AfleK the
death Of Captain Ed. Starr, . change
became apparent IN the mannRemsnt Of
the company, In iis attltuds toward
Seattle. The company put up q small
hoiIek shop &C Tanoms, built RKia irons
there, and made that q sort OF head.
quaEtaFe fok their boats. The steamers
40 logger made Seattle fhsiE middle
Sound headquarters. Their patronage
waB alf transferred 20 Tacoma. Sehed-
nles were changed 90 thai steamers ar-
rived at and departed from seattle 81
unreasonable h0urs, and the manaGeFs
seemed 10 pat themselves cut % iniure
this city. When their hoafn needed re-
pairs they would do The work at Tacoma
with Seattle mechanics, because they
could Ref none a. she former plaee. and
wkat machine work could nos be dons
aa Tacoma vas sent 10 Portland.
Ia 1881, L. n. Starr sold bis steamers
and Business 70 the Oregon Railway a
Navigation Company, and The manage
ment Of the eempany'B affairs from
that time on until quite recently vas
more wretnhed than formerly, and
much Of the blame has been laid 10 the
mananeDeut IN Portland, where il
| probably belonged. starr received
e1Co.o00 foe his floating property and
/ business. The concaFn Waa IN GOOD
condition 81 that time. owing 20 TIE
good manakement Of Captain Il. II.
Starr, Who had only died g few years
previous. 10 % that time controlled the
main route on Puget Sound, extending
from Tacoma 20 Vietoria, includine al
she ports en- the route. Tbs company
vas receiving mail subsidies on that
Fouts Of ever $4,000 per amman, and
The boats we're taxed to:thelg utmost, 20
THAI TIE company aAH tia necessity Of
oeAaanst Ase
oLxMP1AM am khAaKAN
Fes the Ruasa SQUAD trads. BAT a.
stated kIefetes the mananonent vas Ell
the time trying 70 posveFl the business
from iis natural channel. When the
Idaho ives pat on the Whakoo@ route,
they ran her from Tacoma instead Of
Seattle, and kept this np 40 Q great loss
/ foK year or more and finally had %
/ abandon e. 0nN nfack az thfa atraiued.
perverted condition Of affairs was 90 re-
verse What should have been the order.
For instance. the interests Of Tacoma
ard Of the Northern Pacific Railrsad
end Oregon Railway and NaEiQnaion
Companies have been anAaQUpislie 20
an Interesting extent for q nnmbar Of
yesFs. This has been appreciated to
toe fulleat extent IN that town and BE-
its frisnds Of the Northern Pacific. On
| tbs contrary, what are known az '.the
Oregon eompaniesn we're Interested IN
and about Seattle 10 che extent Of mil
lions Of dollars. Ordinary business a.
eacity wunId have called foR The building
40 anId sustenAnce Of euch van
concerns TIE local mana9sment OH
the q. N. b n. Co., however, was insia-i
tneed By Q different line az policy; pre-
sentinR 10 the public the anomaly Of q.
great corporation showing favor 10 il
enemtee rs the expense Of ITSELF ana
fFienda Tue successful operation OF
the Puget Sound Shore Line railroad
and the heayy trade eiyea opposition
buata directed b. shFewa hard, horse
sense men, toEetheT WITH 1ks decreasing
Importance ct seattle e. Q business cen
teF, and also she intFodustinn Of new
element INTO the company. had The e..
fees Annlis % ealing . halk IN The
downward eoufse, and % securing 8
taKn In she other dis8ction- Az I ala
bafoss tAia pefsefsion Was carried %
until The pe0pie we're indnced 70 bsstow
their patFonaRs. on outside bosts, ana
s0on ne q. b an. oomganY had
TERpaa ORBosrElam
Ga every had. 90 maA 8 shal vhsu
the Oiympian and Alaskan arrived.
there vas 10 business for them b a.,
il bad ell been grabbed up b. ether
hoaim AmonR the many aoaa e. mis-
management on the part q Tie cd -.
give, vas tas losing 81 he snluahls
mail saesldgs and allowing &c opposs.
tton oompany ta Rsa it a q vaEy large
} neefa, 1gure large enaaah . ilanif 3
] supFoEt ths Opposition for four years.
TIE many boaks % The 6ass, via -
J exception Of too. we're laid 90 and Isl
J 60 30 rash and rnln- Ihe AIsl1a ~
aonvarted into past hoass, he Annis
StssFaxa sAnk u ths Payallup river and
] naVsF ratsed. TIE Ot1eF laid % ths shaif,
J and The laAbel never peEmiiand 30 turn
wheel O. earn . dollar fkou lhe dag
! Starr sold be-. pei tksss hnais Fapse
ssnied ns1rs tkaa
AHpHpsKD fuuus4zD poEkk1n
i0f O. r a n. saeck. TIA cid mnnare-
rent iEuosed the Faneoauex ruafa.
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